Gillian Miller, CEO at Royal Court Trust and chair of St George’s Quarter CIC, said: “Everybody involved in St George’s Quarter has been keen to get involved and we are looking forward to seeing the whole area buzzing with activity this April.”

The first Big History Festival will take place from Tuesday, April 18 to Sunday April, 30.

The Big History Festival - programme highlights:

Made up of more than 30,000 individual tiles, the Minton-tiled floor at St George’s Hall was the largest minton pavement in the world when it was constructed and is now considered one of the finest examples of its kind in the world.